གླིང

See also: གླང

Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gliŋ. Cognate with Burmese ကြည်း (krany:, “dry land, ground”).

Pronunciation edit

Old Tibetan: /*gliŋ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*gliŋ/ (reconstructed)

Noun edit

གླིང • (gling)

dry land surrounded by water: island; continent
piece, fragment
large monastery

Derived terms edit

ཤར་གླིང (shar gling, “Asia”)
ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང (yo rob gling, “Europe”)

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